Latest Barchester Care Home Breaks Ground in Herne Bay

National care provider, Barchester Healthcare, marked the start of their newest care home build in Herne Bay, Wells, which is under construction by McGoff Construction Ltd.

Mark Bennett, Property Development Director and Andy Williams, Senior Property Development Manager from Barchester Healthcare were joined by Carl Nolan, McGoffs Contract Manager, Drew Campbell, McGoffs Project Manager and Dean Carver, Key Operative of McGoffs at the Barchester development, to mark the occasion of breaking ground for the first time at the new site.

After the tour, Mark said: "My colleagues and I were very impressed with work we saw at the latest Barchester site. The new care home will be an important facility for the district and a very welcome source of employment."

The 66-bed care home in Herne Bay will also provide high quality care services, as well as dedicated dementia care in Barchester’s unique Memory Lane Communities.

Mark continued: “We are very excited about the construction of our new care home in and I feel lucky that our prospective residents will have a home set in great looking grounds.

“There is a real need for quality care in the local area and our new home will definitely meet this, and potentially give a boost to employment in neighbouring communities.”

The new luxury home will provide 66 single en-suite bedrooms with shared lounges and separate dining areas, an activity space for the homes’ lifestyle enrichment programmes, as well as secure, landscaped gardens, providing, peaceful, beautiful outdoor spaces for the prospective residents.

McGoff Construction Contract Manager; Carl Nolan commented: “Following the huge success of our Lichfield project, we are delighted to be on site delivering our second scheme for Barchester Healthcare in Herne Bay. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with this valued client as we work with them to deliver their extensive programme of high quality, purpose built care homes across the UK.”

Barchester Healthcare’s Herne Bay care home will open in July 2020 and will deliver personalised residential care as well as personalised dementia care in Barchester’s unique Memory Lane Community.

Coronavirus: visitor guidance

To support our residents, patients and staff during this period of uncertainty with coronavirus COVID-19, we are asking for your help and support as we are asking that we have no visitors, except healthcare professionals.

This is to ensure that we keep you and your loved ones as safe as possible as we know that this virus is very contagious. We will still ensure that vital medical visits are made ensuring that they wash their hands on entering and we will be asking all visitors to ensure they have no symptoms and will be taking their temperature.

All of our homes and hospitals have now been set up for Skype calling to enable you to keep in touch and we are confident that our staff will do all they can to ensure that life in our services remains as comfortable and sociable as possible as we support them with delivering interactive activities, whilst practicing physical distancing.

We understand that this is a worrying time for you, and we want to reassure you that we are doing everything we can to ensure that our residents, patients and staff are as safe as possible, and we are staying close to the advice from public health authorities.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on our helpline on coronahelpline@Barchester.com and please call the home or hospital if you would like to speak to a loved one.